Gameweek 26 Review – On Fire Odemwingie

February 27, 2012 ★

Odemwingie scored a brace against Sunderland

The game of the weekend was an astonishing North-London derby, resulting in an important 5 – 2 win for Arsenal. Despite Tottenham going 0 – 2 within half an hour, Arsenal pushed on and scored five goals to end Tottenham’s title dreams. From a Fantasy perspective all the big guns delivered; Van Persie and Adebayor both registered goals and assists while Bale got an assist for a dubious penalty.

Both Manchester kept up their winning ways, although in contrasting ways. City faced little resistance from Blackburn while United needed an injury time winner from Giggs to grab three points at Carrow Road.

P. Cisse and Doyle scored in the two all draw between Newcastle and Wolves.

Drogba scored in Chelsea’s 3 – 0 home win against Bolton.

Gameweek 26 Scores

From Gameweek 25 onwards, I’m documenting whether I’m passing the test with my captain picks. If a captain pick scores over three points in the Gameweek it is considered a success and I am also noting double digit Gameweek scores.

In the Friday Foreplay for Gameweek 26 I recommended Aguero, Ba, and Silva as the captain picks. Aguero and Silva delivered but Ba was a disappointment with only two points.

Quality of captain picks from Gameweek 25 onwards:

Good captain picks: 4/6

Double digit captains: 1/6

Considering that twelve players registered double digit Gameweeks it’s unfortunate I didn’t manage to hit on one of them. Most of them came from unlikely sources (e.g. Scholes, Upson, Sagna, Andrews) or players that although are playable I would never captain (e.g. Luiz, Walcott, Lampard, Odemwingie, Drogba).

Name

Position

Goals

Assists

Clean Sheet

Bonus

Other

Score

Kolarov

Defender

0

2

1

3

15

Walcott

Midfielder

2

0

0

3

15

Lampard

Midfielder

1

1

1

3

14

Upson

Defender

1

0

1

2

14

Luiz

Defender

1

0

1

1

13

Odemwingie

Forward

2

0

1

3

13

Doyle

Forward

1

1

0

3

12

Sagna

Defender

1

1

0

2

-1 for 2 GC

12

Drogba

Forward

1

1

1

2

11

Scholes

Midfielder

1

0

0

3

10

Shotton

Defender

0

1

1

1

10

Andrews

Midfielder

1

0

1

2

10

Morrison

Midfielder

1

0

1

1

9

Gutierrez

Midfielder

1

0

0

2

9

Crouch

Forward

1

0

1

3

9

Adebayor

Forward

1

1

0

0

9

Giggs

Midfielder

1

0

0

2

9

Song

Midfielder

0

2

0

1

9

Simpson

Defender

0

1

0

0

-1 for 2 GC

9

Pogrebnyak

Forward

1

0

1

3

-1 for YC

8

Cuellar

Defender

0

0

1

3

-1 for YC

8

Schwarzer

Goalkeeper

0

0

1

0

+2 for 7 saves

8

Van Persie

Forward

1

1

0

0

-1 for YC

8

Jarvis

Midfielder

1

0

0

1

8

Hughes

Defender

0

0

1

2

8

Balotelli

Forward

1

0

1

2

8

Aguero

Forward

1

0

1

1

7

Foster

Goalkeeper

0

0

1

0

+1 for 3 saves

7

Collins

Defender

0

0

1

2

-1 for YC

7

Begovic

Goalkeeper

0

0

1

0

+1 for 4 saves

7

Al-Habsi

Goalkeeper

0

0

1

0

+1 for 3 saves

7

Rosicky

Midfielder

1

0

0

0

7

McAuley

Defender

0

0

1

0

6

Thomas

Midfielder

0

1

1

0

6

Mata

Midfielder

0

1

1

0

6

Wilkinson

Defender

0

0

1

0

6

Mulumbu

Midfielder

0

1

1

1

6

Silva

Midfielder

0

1

1

0

6

P. Cisse

Forward

1

0

0

0

6

Olsson

Defender

0

0

1

0

6

Warnock

Defender

0

0

1

0

6

Ridgewell

Defender

0

0

1

0

6

Nani

Midfielder

0

1

0

1

6

Kelly

Defender

0

0

1

0

6

Given

Goalkeeper

0

0

1

0

6

Figueroa

Defender

0

0

1

0

6

Caldwell

Defender

0

0

1

0

6

Etherington

Midfielder

0

1

1

0

6

Boyce

Defender

0

0

1

0

6

Cech

Goalkeeper

0

0

1

0

6

Cahill

Defender

0

0

1

0

6

Lescott

Defender

0

0

1

0

6

Alcaraz

Defender

0

0

1

0

6

Hangeland

Defender

0

0

1

0

6

Ivanovic

Defender

0

0

1

0

6

Zabaleta

Defender

0

0

1

0

6

Kompany

Defender

0

0

1

0

6

Hutton

Defender

0

0

1

0

6

A. Cole

Defender

0

0

1

0

6

Hart

Goalkeeper

0

0

1

0

6

Holt

Forward

1

0

0

0

6

Bale

Midfielder

0

1

0

0

5

Tiote

Midfielder

0

1

0

0

5

Dembele

Forward

0

1

1

1

-1 for YC

5

Fortune

Forward

0

1

0

0

5

Riise

Defender

0

0

1

0

-1 for YC

5

Shawcross

Defender

0

0

1

0

-1 for YC

5

O'Hara

Midfielder

0

1

0

0

5

Saha

Forward

1

0

0

0

-1 for <60 min

5

Dzeko

Forward

1

0

0

0

-1 for <60 min

5

Young

Midfielder

0

1

0

0

-1 for <60 min

4

Arteta

Midfielder

0

1

0

0

-1 for YC

4

Whitbread

Defender

0

1

0

0

-1 for 2 GC

4

Bogdan

Goalkeeper

0

0

0

0

+3 for 10 saves & -1 for 3 GC

4

Bent

Forward

0

0

1

2

4

For a summary of players scoring over three points in Gameweek 26, please refer to the table above.

Odemwingie

West Brom crushed Sunderland 4 – 0, in big part due to Odemwingie’s brace. He has now scored five goals in two games and seems more like the goalscoring revelation he was last season. Looking at his total shots, in the table below, the sudden goal scoring glut shouldn’t have been a surprise. In the latter part of the season Odemwingie has doubled his shots per game. Total number of shots correlates well with total goal scored.

Note that Odemwingie’s numbers are captured only for the games he played.

Total Goals

Goals Per Game

Shots

Shots Per Game

August - November

2

0.22

15

1.67

Desember - February

7

0.58

39

3.25

Last Four Games

Fulham (A)

0

-

5

-

Swansea City (H)

0

-

2

-

Wolverhampton Wanderers (A)

3

-

9

-

Sunderland (H)

2

-

5

-

In the last four games Odemwingie totaled 21 shots (5.25 per game). Should he continue improving he is a possible purchase for those seeking to differentiate. He is currently selected by only 3.4% of Fantasy managers, compared with compared to Aguero (37%), RvP (37%), Rooney (28%), Ba (27%), Suarez (17%), Dzeko (8%), and Adebayor (11%).

Comments

Any comments on the round? How did your team do? Did you choose the right captain?